American King James Version
"With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright. "
— 2 Samuel 22:26, American King James Version
“With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.”
“With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; ”
“With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.”
“You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.”
“With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.”
“On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;”
“With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.”
For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.
Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright.
With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself unsavory.
And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.
For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.